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What needs to be done in contingent valuation: have Smith and Sach missed the boat?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2010

Rachel Baker ,
Gillian R. Currie  and
Cam Donaldson
Rachel Baker
Affiliation:
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, UK
Gillian R. Currie
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada
Cam Donaldson*
Affiliation:
Institute of Health and Society, and Business School, Newcastle University, UK and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada
*
Correspondence to: Professor Cam Donaldson, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AA, UK. Email: cam.donaldson@ncl.ac.uk
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Health Economics, Policy and Law , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 113 - 121
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